To: Rande Is who wrote (2853 ) 2/4/1999 2:09:00 PM From: Frederick Langford Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 57584
C'mon Rande, this looks pretty darned good: Perfumania, Inc. Reports January Sales Business Wire - February 04, 1999 09:37 MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 1999-- Comparable Store Sales Increase 13 Percent Perfumania, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFM), the nation's largest perfumery chain, announced today comparable retail store sales for the month of January increased 13 percent over sales of January 1998. Total retail sales for January 1999 were $6,651,529, a 20 percent increase over total retail sales of $5,546,075, reported in January 1998. The Company reported that wholesale sales for the month of January 1999 increased 11 percent to $6,125,327, from sales of $5,538,837 in January 1998. Perfumania recently announced the launching of www.perfumania.com, its online fragrance store. The web store was launched by a media advertising campaign and cross marketing promotions with its 290 retail stores. Perfumania, Inc. is a leading speciality retailer and wholesale distributor of a wide range of brand name and designer fragrances with some $180 million in annual sales. The Company operates a chain of more than 290 retail stores specializing in the sale of fragrances at discounted prices up to 70 percent below the manufacturer's suggested retail prices. The Company's wholesale division, one of the largest in the United States, distributes fragrances and related products to national and regional chains and other wholesale distributors throughout North America and overseas. They just need to get rid of KCSA This release is available on the KCSA Worldwide website at www.kcsa.com. CONTACT: Perfumania Inc., Miami Ilia Lekach 305/889-1520 or KCSA, New York Joseph A. Mansi/Mark Schwartz 212/896-1205, 212/896-1220